On July 10, Spanish basketball wrote one of its most beautiful pages in training categories, the final of the U-17 World Cup against the United States of a team with a clear ‘taronja’ color, with up to four players from L’Alqueria del Basket .
A historical silver for all of them and a pride for the top managers of the club, with Andreu Casadevall at the helm in the coordination of the men’s academy. And so he analyzes it for SUPER days after the historic final.
«The generation of 2005 has shown that it is very good, being first-year juniors they have already had experience in LEB Plata and have helped and been part of the team that has won the silver medal in the U-17 World Cup. It is a satisfaction for everyone and they really enjoyed the experience.
He only regrets that Pablo Navarro could not do it from the track due to his untimely injury prior to the World Cup. «Pablo had a magnificent preseason, in which he had a lot of minutes and scored points. He had the misfortune of an injury in the last preseason game and couldn’t be in the final phase, but I’m sure he would have been a very important player in the rotation because of his characteristics. We are delighted with him and proud that he has returned with that medal.
Sergio de Larrea, one of the players with the most minutes, highlights that “he has a clear projection, but he reached the end of the championship physically affected by knee problems. He could not be at the level that some expected due to these physical problems, but even so he is a dazzling player, he has a vision of the game and a highly superior talent, he is a good team player and is capable of standing out against important teams. He had an overload of work in the season and did not arrive fresh ».
Another of the key players +was Lucas Marí, of whom he highlights that «he was the most important player of the team in defense, but he is not limited to that, because he also assists well, scores from three and has a good one-on-one. He is growing, he is very talented, he is from Valencia and has been at the club since first year Infantil and is on his way to being a very important player».
Fewer minutes David Barberá had, although he entered rotation and even jumped on the court in the final. «David did not have it easy with Almansa and Aday Mara, for any other interior it would have been difficult, but he collaborated, gave breaks and helped.
